1900–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 1900–01 Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup for short), the 30th edition of the world's oldest association football competition, consisting of six rounds of matches played between September and December 1900. A total of 220 teams entered the tournament, 178 of which played in at least one qualifying stage. The 1900–01 FA Cup began on 22 September 1900 when 40 teams competed in the preliminary round and ended on 20 April 1901, when Southern League side Tottenham Hotspur became the only ever non-League club to win the competition.

Tournament calendar[]

Round	Date	Ties	Byes	Number of clubs
Preliminary round	Saturday 22 September 1900	20	0	220→200
First qualifying round	Saturday 6 October 1900	55	0	200→145
Second qualifying round	Saturday 20 October 1900	35	3	145→110
Third qualifying round	Saturday 3 November 1900	38	2	110→72
Fourth qualifying round	Saturday 17 November 1900	20	0	72→52
Fifth qualifying round	Saturday 8 December 1900	10	0	52→42
Intermediate round	Saturday 5 January 1901	10	0	42→32
First round proper	Saturday 9 February 1901	16	0	32→16
Second round proper	Saturday 23 February 1901	8	0	16→8
Third round proper	Saturday 23 March 1901	4	0	8→4
Semi-final	Saturday 6 April 1901	2	0	4→2
Final	Saturday 20 April 1901	1	0	2→1

Preliminary round[]

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Eastbourne	6–0	Worthing	22 September 1900
2	Darlington	3–0	Tow Law	22 September 1900
3	Sheffield	1–3	Attercliffe	22 September 1900
4	Leyton	1–1		22 September 1900
4r		4–1	Leyton	27 September 1900
5	Turton	0–2	Heywood	22 September 1900
6		5–0	Upton Park	22 September 1900
7	Stockton	0–2	South Bank	22 September 1900
8	Doncaster Rovers	6–1	Rotherham Town	22 September 1900
9	Norwich CEYMS	1–2	Lowestoft Town	22 September 1900
10	Bishop Auckland	5–2	Stanley United	22 September 1900
11	Leadgate Park	3–0	Crook Town	22 September 1900
12	Worksop Town	3–2	Denaby United	22 September 1900
13		0–2		22 September 1900
14	Hampstead	0–4	West Hampstead	22 September 1900
15		2–3	Wath Athletic	22 September 1900
16	Colchester Town	7–0	Bury St Edmunds	22 September 1900
17		1–1	Leytonstone	22 September 1900
17r	Leytonstone	1–10		27 September 1900
18	Great Yarmouth Town	1–1	Harwich & Parkeston	22 September 1900
18r	Harwich & Parkeston	W–W	Great Yarmouth Town	—
19	King's Lynn	2–0	Kirkley	22 September 1900
20		1–3	Civil Service	22 September 1900

First qualifying round[]

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	South Bank	0–3		6 October 1900
2	Shankhouse	0–1		6 October 1900
3	Sheppey United	1–0	Gravesend United	6 October 1900
4	Folkestone	3–3	Sittingbourne	6 October 1900
4r	Sittingbourne	W–W	Folkestone	—
5	Maidenhead	W–W		—
6	Civil Service	4–1	West Hampstead	6 October 1900
7	Druids	1–2	Chirk	6 October 1900
8	Blackburn Park Road	5–1	Trawden Forest	6 October 1900
9	Newark	6–1		6 October 1900
10	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	4–0	Great Harwood	6 October 1900
11	Burton Wanderers	2–2	Gresley Rovers	6 October 1900
11r	Gresley Rovers	1–1	Burton Wanderers	11 October 1900
11r2	Burton Wanderers	2–4	Gresley Rovers	15 October 1900
12	Attercliffe	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	6 October 1900
13	Belper Town	2–0	Heanor Town	6 October 1900
14	Workington	4–3	Moss Bay Exchange	6 October 1900
15		1–1	Darlington	6 October 1900
16	Darlington	4–1		6 October 1900
17	Stourbridge	5–2	Kidderminster Harriers	6 October 1900
18	Tranmere Rovers	0–1		6 October 1900
19	Leadgate Park	2–2	Bishop Auckland	6 October 1900
19r	Bishop Auckland	3–1	Leadgate Park	10 October 1900
20		1–2		6 October 1900
21	Chesham Generals	0–0	Chesham Town	6 October 1900
21r	Chesham Town	0–3	Chesham Generals	11 October 1900
22	Rushden	4–1	Desborough Town	6 October 1900
23	Worksop Town	7–2	Montrose Works	6 October 1900
24	Ilkeston Town	2–0		6 October 1900
25	Coalville Town	3–1		6 October 1900
26		W–W		—
27		0–3	Grays United	6 October 1900
28	Hinckley Town	W–W	Nuneaton Town	—
29		0–3	Nantwich	6 October 1900
30	Wallsend Park Villa	1–1		6 October 1900
30r		2–3	Wallsend Park Villa	10 October 1900
31	Crouch End Vampires	3–0	London Welsh	6 October 1900
32		1–2		6 October 1900
33		1–3		6 October 1900
34	Rochdale	1–0	Rossendale United	6 October 1900
35	Halesowen	1–2	Brierley Hill Alliance	6 October 1900
36		5–0	West Norwood	6 October 1900
37		3–0	Llandudno Swifts	6 October 1900
38	Maidstone United	4–0	Ashford United	6 October 1900
39		3–2	Shepherd's Bush	6 October 1900
40		3–1	Heywood	6 October 1900
41	South Shields	1–2		6 October 1900
42		3–0	Buckley Victoria	6 October 1900
43		0–3		6 October 1900
44	Colchester Town	2–5	Lowestoft Town	6 October 1900
45	Stockton St John's	0–2	Thornaby	10 October 1900
46	Wath Athletic	3–0	Wombwell Town	6 October 1900
47		2–3	Ilford	6 October 1900
48		3–1		6 October 1900
49	Royston United	1–2		6 October 1900
50		3–0	Eastbourne	6 October 1900
51		4–3	Redhill	6 October 1900
52		2–1		6 October 1900
53	King's Lynn	2–1	Harwich & Parkeston	6 October 1900
54		3–2		6 October 1900
55		3–0		6 October 1900

Second qualifying round[]

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1		1–1	Ilford	20 October 1900
1r	Ilford	0–2		25 October 1900
2	Blackburn Park Road	3–0	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	20 October 1900
3		0–1		20 October 1900
4	Nantwich	5–2	Winsford United	20 October 1900
5	Bishop Auckland	3–0	Darlington	20 October 1900
6	Buxton	–	Bye	—
7	Stourbridge	2–2	Brierley Hill Alliance	20 October 1900
7r	Brierley Hill Alliance	1–3	Stourbridge	22 October 1900
8		2–2	Rushden	20 October 1900
8r	Rushden	0–1		25 October 1900
9	Chesham Generals	1–0	Aylesbury United	20 October 1900
10	Worksop Town	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	20 October 1900
10r	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Worksop Town	25 October 1900
11	Ilkeston Town	6–1	Belper Town	20 October 1900
12	Slough	2–2	Maidenhead	20 October 1900
12r	Maidenhead	3–0	Slough	25 October 1900
13	Gresley Rovers	2–0	Coalville Town	20 October 1900
14	Oxford City	–	Bye	—
15	Hinckley Town	W–W	Loughborough	—
16		4–1	Wath Athletic	20 October 1900
17		1–5	Wallsend Park Villa	20 October 1900
18	Crouch End Vampires	0–1	Civil Service	20 October 1900
19	Grays United	1–0	Sheppey United	20 October 1900
20	Oswestry United	W–W		—
21		0–0	Chirk	20 October 1900
21r	Chirk	W–W		—
22	Maidstone United	2–2	Sittingbourne	20 October 1900
22r	Sittingbourne	0–0	Maidstone United	24 October 1900
22r2	Maidstone United	2–0	Sittingbourne	29 October 1900
23		W–W		—
24		0–3	Rochdale	20 October 1900
25	Welshpool	W–W	Aberystwyth	—
26		2–1	Thornaby	20 October 1900
27		0–1		20 October 1900
28		0–4		20 October 1900
29		6–1	Street	20 October 1900
30		–	Bye	—
31		0–0	Newark	20 October 1900
31r	Newark	4–2		25 October 1900
32		1–2	Southport Central	20 October 1900
33		4–0		20 October 1900
34		1–2		20 October 1900
35	King's Lynn	3–0	Lowestoft Town	20 October 1900
36		1–2	Workington	20 October 1900
37		W–W	Hitchin	—
38	Earlestown	5–0	Swinton Town	20 October 1900

Third qualifying round[]

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Chesterfield	8–3		3 November 1900
2	Clapton	8–1	Maidstone United	3 November 1900
3	Darwen	3–1	Nelson	3 November 1900
4	Kettering	7–0		3 November 1900
5	Watford	10–0		3 November 1900
6	Weymouth	4–3		3 November 1900
7	Marlow	3–5	Chesham Generals	3 November 1900
8	Blackburn Park Road	0–1	Blackpool	3 November 1900
9	Southport Central	3–1	Chorley	3 November 1900
10	Crewe Alexandra	3–0	Stalybridge Rovers	3 November 1900
11	Middlesbrough	3–3	Willington Athletic	3 November 1900
11r	Willington Athletic	0–0	Middlesbrough	7 November 1900
11r2	Middlesbrough	8–0	Willington Athletic	12 November 1900
12	Lincoln City	0–0	Gainsborough Trinity	3 November 1900
12r	Gainsborough Trinity	1–1	Lincoln City	7 November 1900
12r2	Lincoln City	3–1	Gainsborough Trinity	12 November 1900
13	Chirk	8–1	Welshpool	3 November 1900
14	Burton Swifts	2–2		3 November 1900
14r		0–4	Burton Swifts	7 November 1900
15	Swindon Town	1–1		3 November 1900
15r	Swindon Town	5–0		12 November 1900
16	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Walsall	3 November 1900
16r	Walsall	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	8 November 1900
17	Workington	W–W	Rochdale	—
18	Nantwich	2–1	Buxton	3 November 1900
19		0–1	Jarrow	3 November 1900
20	Stockport County	6–2	Wrexham	3 November 1900
21	Newark	2–1	Ilkeston Town	7 November 1900
22	Wellington Town	W–W	Stourbridge	—
23	Gresley Rovers	2–0	Wellingborough Town	3 November 1900
24	Oxford City	0–4	Reading	3 November 1900
25	Hinckley Town	2–0	Northampton Town	3 November 1900
26	Queens Park Rangers	7–0	Fulham	3 November 1900
27	Staple Hill	–	Bye	—
28	Wallsend Park Villa	3–0	Hebburn Argyle	3 November 1900
29	Grays United	0–2	New Brompton	3 November 1900
30	Barnsley	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	3 November 1900
31	Brentford	3–1	Maidenhead	3 November 1900
32	Oswestry United	W–W	Coventry City	—
33	Bristol Rovers	–	Bye	—
34		W–W	Wycombe Wanderers	—
35		1–5	Bishop Auckland	3 November 1900
36		1–5	Chatham	3 November 1900
37		1–2	Civil Service	3 November 1900
38	King's Lynn	1–4	Luton Town	3 November 1900
39	West Ham United	1–0		3 November 1900
40	Earlestown	2–1		3 November 1900

Fourth qualifying round[]

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Darwen	2–1	Blackpool	17 November 1900
2	Watford	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	17 November 1900
2r	Queens Park Rangers	4–1	Watford	21 November 1900
3	Reading	11–0	Chesham Generals	17 November 1900
4	Chatham	2–2	Clapton	17 November 1900
4r	Clapton	5–1	Chatham	21 November 1900
5	Southport Central	2–0	Workington	17 November 1900
6	Middlesbrough	3–0	Jarrow	17 November 1900
7	Newark	0–5	Chesterfield	17 November 1900
8	Chirk	0–1	Walsall	17 November 1900
9	Burton Swifts	4–1	Hinckley Town	17 November 1900
10	Luton Town	9–1	Civil Service	17 November 1900
11	Swindon Town	2–2	Staple Hill	17 November 1900
11r	Swindon Town	6–0	Staple Hill	21 November 1900
12	Bishop Auckland	5–0	Wallsend Park Villa	17 November 1900
13	Stockport County	1–3	Crewe Alexandra	17 November 1900
14	New Brompton	1–1	West Ham United	17 November 1900
14r	West Ham United	4–1	New Brompton	21 November 1900
15	Wellington Town	4–0	Oswestry United	17 November 1900
16	Gresley Rovers	1–3	Kettering	17 November 1900
17	Barnsley	1–0	Lincoln City	17 November 1900
18	Brentford	0–1		17 November 1900
19	Bristol Rovers	15–1	Weymouth	17 November 1900
20	Earlestown	2–3	Nantwich	17 November 1900

Fifth qualifying round[]

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Reading	2–0		8 December 1900
2	Walsall	6–0	Wellington Town	8 December 1900
3	Southport Central	1–1	Darwen	8 December 1900
3r	Darwen	2–0	Southport Central	11 December 1900
4	Crewe Alexandra	5–1	Nantwich	8 December 1900
5	Middlesbrough	4–0	Bishop Auckland	8 December 1900
6	Burton Swifts	1–2	Kettering	8 December 1900
7	Luton Town	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	8 December 1900
8	Barnsley	1–5	Chesterfield	8 December 1900
9	Bristol Rovers	5–1	Swindon Town	8 December 1900
10	West Ham United	1–1	Clapton	8 December 1900
10r	Clapton	2–3	West Ham United	12 December 1900

References[]

"FA Cup results archive". The Football Association. Retrieved 14 April 2011.

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